PHILADELPHIA — Robert Griffin III might be on the verge of having to start over again somewhere else, but that certainly is the furthest thing from the minds of the Philadelphia Eagles who have to defend the dynamic Washington Redskins quarterback Saturday at FedEx Field. This is particularly true of the safeties, who are under more pressure than anyone else whenever someone like Griffin gets out of the pocket and continues to look down the field. "Same thing as [Seattle Seahawks quarterback] Russell Wilson," Nate Allen said. "You obviously have to plaster and grab a guy and follow him wherever he goes, because it turns into sandlot football. It's a tough...

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